¹⁰ A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred lashes into a fool.

⁵ Let the righteous strike me, it is kindness; Let him reprove me, it is like oil on the head; Don't let my head refuse it; Yet my prayer is always against evil deeds.

⁸ Don't reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

⁹ Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

¹ A wise son listens to his father's instruction, But a scoffer doesn't listen to rebuke.

⁵ A fool despises his father's correction, But he who heeds reproof shows prudence.

²⁵ Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

²² Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, Yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

¹⁹ A servant can't be corrected by words. Though he understands, yet he will not respond.

¹⁹ As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.